Guests are invited to enjoy a complimentary breakfast as they learn more about the organization. Each year, the event concentrates on a particular agency service. The 2008 Family Reunion & Eric Tachau Gold Medal awards will highlight the merger and focus on child abuse. A family that received services from both Family & Children First and Family Place will share their story.

Music Director Jorge Mester leads the Louisville Orchestra in Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica) and Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen, TrV 290. The Hardscuffle Coffee Classics series present matinee concerts of the Hilliard Lyons Classics series. Coffee provided by Heine Brothers Coffee Donuts provided by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Come to the Speed for this highly anticipated annual celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau and be the first to taste these highly popular wines as they are flown overnight directly from France. Chat with our Liquor Barn wine experts and discover your favorite variety of Beaujolais. Enjoy the sounds of LIVE music by Sarah Stivers, complimentary food tastings by Liquor Barn, specialty tours and all the fun you can handle. Admission to AfterHours is $10, free to members. During this event, visitors can purchase admission to AfterHours AND to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for $15.

The School of Metaphysics teaches adults to understand how the mind works in producing change within the Self to become whole and complete. What you think about creates your reality. Change your thoughts and change your world. Join us for a group discussion on essential life skills that will help any individual to produce happier, healthier and more successful life.

Carmichael’s welcomes Chef Kurt Friese as he discusses his new book of essays A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland. Friese’s look at Heartland cooking focuses on supporting local farmers and creating sustainable, delicious cuisine. In A Cook’s Journey, he travels through thirteen states in the Midwest sharing recipes and exploring local incarnations of the Slow Food movement.  Friese is a restaurant owner of twelve years and the editor-in-chief and co-owner of the seasonal local food magazine Edible Iowa River Valley.

FINAL YEAR—DON'T MISS OUT! With quick-change artistry and quicksilver dialogue, two actors portray the zany citizens of quirky Tuna, Texas for the final year of this ten-gallon evening of laughs and holiday cheer, in an irreverent comedy for adults. Sponsored by Texas Roadhouse

Lorraine Hansberry’s legendary American drama about the power of hopes, dreams and family across generations in the 1950s. The fiercely moving, groundbreaking story celebrates 50 years as a major American masterpiece.

Music Director Jorge Mester leads the Louisville Orchestra in Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica) and Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen, TrV 290.

You've seen him as Ice Cube's outrageously funny, dog-catching dad in the trilogy "Friday", "Next Friday", and "Friday After Next". Or maybe you know him as "Pops" on the long-running syndicated WB sitcom "The Wayans Brothers". Or you probably remember him as the fashionably challenged, mushroom-wearing father from the movie "Boomerang". There is no mistaking the comedy of John Witherspoon. His characters have earned him the reputation as one of America's funniest dads.

Victorian London’s most celebrated detective needs your help to fi nd out “whodunit”! Clues and “red herrings” are all around as you make your way through this interactive, family friendly and wildly entertaining murder-mystery thriller! Along the way, you will even meet a real live character from the story while trying to solve the mystery!

The Light Before Christmas, showing in the IMAX Theatre November 14, 2008 – January 4, 2009 After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas Eve, two children find themselves as characters in the classic tale “The Night Before Christmas,” as they experience the wonder and delight of Santa visiting their home. This stunning stop-motion animated film features lavishly detailed sets and characters inspired by the fascinating designs of renowned artist James C. Christensen with a musical score of beloved Christmas classics.

Animalopolis, showing in the IMAX Theatre November 14, 2008 – January 4, 2009 Whether going nose to nose with hippos as they graze upon nature’s massive salad bar, or eye to eye with dancing bears, discover how nature provides humor and wonder everywhere. Watch cheetahs race like Ferraris, bears that run their own fishing school, an opera-singing lion, and a sea of crabs that hold a town hostage! Designed for children ages 4 to 10, ANIMALOPOLIS contains numerous short animal stories, using humorous poetic narration to delight children and adults.

HOPE for Pets On-Line Auction: HOPE for Pets is having an On-Line Auction starting November 1. The Auction will be carried over to a Silent Auction at their HOPE for the Holidays Bazaar and Dessert Buffett on November 22 at the Shepherdsville Christian Church. A Corn Hole Tournament is also being held. If you can't make it to the Bazaar to bid on items, there is an Absentee Bid function where your on-line bids are carried through to the Silent Auction. Go to www.hopeforpets.org and click on the Auction link.

Photographer Kendal R. Miller of Photography by Kendal of Dillsboro, IN will be the featured artist throughout November at The Main Street Café located at 117 West Main Street in downtown Vevay. Her work will feature both color and black and white landscape and scenic images from across four states.

Discover the denizens of the field and forest with Bernheim's Scarecrow Jubilee! Enjoy this parade of uniquely crafted modern-day scarecrows now through November 30. Delight in adventures with (not so) Chicken Little, take a picture with Mr. Bernheim and the Creatures of the Forest, play a tune with a musical grasshopper and katydid because it's A Time for Fiddling Around and gather some ideas for your own scarecrow next year. Watch for details at bernheim.org in January 2009 - but come to Bernheim now and meet the forest's newest inhabitants!

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The Frazier hosts Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit September 27, 2008 through January 19, 2009 as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial.